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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
3
A concise record of commercial and financial transactions across major markets. Includes summary of trade volumes, price movements, and notable market-shaping events impacting investors and institutions.
Digest of exchange news notes mixed trading with declines in many shares while certain issues and rails show strength. Reports cite rumors affecting St Paul and Union Pacific with some large holdings and balance shifts. Chicago terms and several central lines appear firm amid a broader market wobble.
Receipts show mixed cattle numbers with demand for prime and heavy cattle. Texans and western steers noted among prime lots, calves at $225, sheep prices easing, and corn, barley, and wheat values listed alongside dairy and feeder feeds. Prices per unit vary with quality and region, reflecting a volatile farm market.
The readable fragments sketch a financial and social note with mentions of Texan markets, Balances, and people such as Macher and Bay, hinting at money, offerings, and local events. The text lists prices, hires, and terms, but remains unclear and incomplete.
Crop reports show very good conditions with improved outlooks in fall trade. Northwest and Southwest supply optimism while dry goods may arrive late. iron and steel stay busy, pig iron shortages ease through freer imports. fruit and sugar demand rise. coal and cattle record highs. wheat exports rise with weekly and yearly totals. Bank clearings and railroad earnings edge higher.
Nashville July 73 trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church South decide to apply a 5000 endowment fund to aid superannuated ministers widows and orphans. An investigation by the coroner continues into the death of Mrs.
A garbled market note describes wheat and oats trading with mixed demand as favorable weather and crop reports influence prices. Telegraph disruptions and autumn reports weigh on activity while July shorts cover fears of higher prices. Near levels drift, with September futures weak and overall trade subdued.
Fragments from a vintage classified page show listings and phrases about employment and ad pricing. The readable items reference a central word standard, cent charges, and a girl wanted notice, with partial names and stray punctuation scattered across the column.
A jumble of small ads seeks workers and goods across Montana towns. Requests include toe maker, shoe repair, basket writer, farm sales, and a nurse at St James Hospital. positions and goods spread from Globe Tailoring in Butte to Stevensville, Missoula, Anaconda, and Ravalli with various prices and contact hints.
A middle aged woman seeks steady housework in a small Montana family. Address 328 Mons tana Butte. Also notice of divorce action in Deer Lodge county district court seeks alimony and custody, with homestead set aside. Cecilia M. Sullivan case notes bullet wound details. also employment ad for experienced LPS staff at St. Clare's Hospital Fort Benton.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions security roles and a company in Butte with scattered names and partial contact details. It appears to be an ad or internal note about personnel or hiring for a metal firm, but the legible content is highly garbled and incomplete.
Local Pine Street era ad fields list a large stock of secondhand furniture and household items for sale or trade in Butte. The notice promotes buying and selling, with freight paid to neighboring towns and shop location at Park Street and Broadway area, encouraging quick disposal and high prices. It repeats multiple times, stressing speed and value.
Mrs Wat operates a home for ladies and midwifery services located at 1 Dakota Street. The listing notes a midwife presence and residential address, suggesting a community or care facility in operation.
Classified notices show state buyers seeking a cheap three or five room house in east end, plus rental offers for a twenty four room modern brick boarding house with hot water heat, partly furnished or sold, from Jackman and Armitage Co. Other listings include offices stores flats citywide, a Sky-Scraper corner at Main Street, a two room flat for rent, and a Norvell company rental on Fourth Mont Harbour in Butte Montana.
Advertise Your Wants in The StanDard Advertise Your Wants in The StanDard and PAPERED HANDSOMELY furnished. comfortable rooms. Many listings for furnished rooms with steam heat electric light baths and central locations in Butte Anaconda including Eagle House Broadway and Park areas. Several two and three room options for housekeeping and general use.
Amliable scavenger-oppice 19 he bawg vineyard.
Short list of miscellaneous sale notices in Butte including horses Mink fountain Waukesha items priced cheap and various sellers such as J C Jones and Cheries. No clear dates or full details.
An underscored for sale notice in Missoula lists a confectionery parlor and rooms at 0 Higgins Ave, Montana. It notes a good location near Park and specifies care of G Hose. Details appear fragmentary but indicate property sale in town.
Moor Ho nour bik Nana, Main and Broadway, Butte offers loans on chattels and other securities. Hutte Chattel Mortgage Co at 32 Mainst, second floor, open evenings, provides money on all kinds of security. Davenport and Kimball on W Granite, Butte, advertise loans on real estate wages and furniture including pianos like Davenport and Kimball.
St Petersburg Pa July 25 A dispatch from Seoul reports a pact among British and Japanese ministers and Korean officials granting Korea independence with Britain and Japan pledging support. In return Korea surrenders naval and military bases to Britain and Japan may regulate foreign access and protect Korean territory. Two youths drowned in the Cedar River near Vinton Iowa when one tried to help the other.
An OCR fragment advertises Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning services in Butte near W. Galena. It mentions contact or location cues for PARISIAN DYE cleaning and references to a person named Paumie or Paumie with initials M. on Galena Street.
Notice from Land Office Helena Montana dated May 27, 1902 states Walter Satan of Anaconda has filed to enter land under section 2.306 RS U. Protests must be filed within 30 days. Land described is southwest to northeast in township 4 north range 10 west. Marked as value mineral rich, not farmland. Frank D Miracle Register, first publication July 2 1902.
A fragmented Butte page lists assayers and chemical firms with addresses and services, a lost Sorrel horse, a large gold watch reward, and a sick patient wanted ad. Names include INCLURE BROS, KORGE HW, FITZPATRICK & LEWIS, JOHN R BAPTY, and NUGGY. Details show butte Montana listings and notices.
Objections to creating an improvement district for sewer purchases in blocks 67, 90 and 99 will be considered by the city council through the first Monday in August. The notice references bids for related work and lists local firms including Tiprives and Montana Transfer Co. and addresses in the downtown area.
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